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eMOLT Update 2024-08-09
Weekly Recap
This week, the eMOLT fleet recorded 75 tows of sensorized fishing
gear totaling 912 sensor hours underwater. The warmest recorded bottom
temperature was 70.1 in Nantucket Sound in approximately 8 fathoms and
the coldest recorded bottom temperature was 43.1 on the eastern edge of
Stellwagen Bank in approximately 40 fathoms. Below, you can see a few
temperature profiles of interest across the region from the last week.
Surface waters are unsurprisingly coolest in Eastern Maine (orange and
gold) where there is no stratification and warmest along the shelf break
(black and blue). Bottom waters remain cold north of Cape Cod (teal and
pink) and off Southern Maine (green).

We continued upgrading deckboxes to the new “Green Boat” software
this week, with the F/Vs Lisa Marie, Adventure, Virginia Marie, and Mary
Elizabeth coming online with the new software. We’re also planning to
get on board the F/V Tom Slaughter to replace their sensor and deckbox
in the very near future.
Save the Date
We have officially booked The Westin Portland
Harborview for the 2025 Northeast Cooperative Research Summit, which
will be held on January 28th, 2025! Please mark your calendars. More
information including registration and lodging info and a schedule of
topics will be coming soon. We look forward to seeing you there!
System Hardware Upgrade List
The following vessels remain on our list for hardware upgrades. If
you aren’t on the list and think you should be, please reach out.
Note that this list is different from our new install
queue.
- F/V Brooke C *
- F/V Excalibur
- F/V Kaitlyn Victoria
- F/V Kyler C
- F/V Linda Marie
- F/V Nathaniel Lee *
- F/V Noella C
- F/V Sao Paulo
- F/V Sea Watcher I
- F/V Tom Slaughter
- F/V Virginia Marise
Courtesy of the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries and the
Massachusetts Lobstermen’s Association
So far so good this season, with all sensors reporting oxygen values
in the “normal” range over the last week.

Bottom Temperature Forecasts
Doppio
eMOLT observations were slightly warmer than predicted along the
Maine Coast north and east of Casco Bay. Observations were much warmer
than predicted along the shelf break and slightly cooler than predicted
north and east of Cape Cod.


Northeast Coastal Ocean Forecast System


Announcements
- The Woods Hole Science Stroll is taking place on August 10, 2024 in
Woods Hole, MA from 10 am to 3 pm. Many of the labs in Woods Hole will
have hands on science exhibits and several research vessels will be open
for tours. The event is free and family friendly; you can learn more here.
All the best,
-George and JiM
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